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Peer reviewedNakamura, Charles Y.; Finck, Doris N. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1980
Defines the concept of relative effectiveness, describes the construction of an instrument to identify relatively effective children, reports experiments to validate the concept and method of measurement, and discusses the relevance of these to issues in educational procedures, predictions of situational behavior, and other concepts that have been…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Competence, Interpersonal Competence
Download full textStarr, B. James – 1973
Employed were a small sample of fifth graders to examine techniques for assessing the validity of psychosocial maturity (PSM) and the scales used to measure it. Three validation techniques were examined: (1) Data obtained from self-report scales, teacher ratings, and peer ratings were used to generate three multitrait-multimethod matrices (total…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Matrices, Maturity (Individuals)
Turner, Ralph R.; Boulter, Linda K. – 1981
The validity of the interpersonal cognitive problem solving (ICPS) skills model of children's adjustment was investigated (1) by determining whether ICPS skills demonstrated during preschool predicted teacher ratings of adjustment in school during the next two years and (2) by assessing the objectivity of teacher ratings of adjustment through the…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Early Childhood Education, Grade 1, Interpersonal Competence
Lefcourt, Herbert M.; And Others – 1978
The development and validation of the Multidimensional-Multiattributional Causality Scales (MMCS) are described. The scales are distinctive because they measure locus of control specific to two goals--achievement and affiliation. Half of the items concern success, and half concern failure experiences. Results of four validity studies with under…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affiliation Need, Attribution Theory, Females
Andrew, Barbara J.; And Others – 1976
This report of the development and validation of a criterion-referenced examination for physician's assistants contains an overview of phase 1 project activities (1972-74) and more detailed description and data on phase 2 activities (1975-76). The overview describes the rationale for the development of the examination. (It was the first certifying…
Descriptors: Certification, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence
